Biography

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After a year leading the side, James stood down from the role over the winter to concentrate on his position as the Club’s premier spinner and England’s leading one-day international slow bowler.

The off-spinner made his Kent debut in 2001 and has been an integral part of the side ever since. He has taken over 600 wickets, across all forms of the game, and has also played Test cricket for England, returning match figures of 6-181 against Bangladesh in 2010.

Now Graeme Swann has retired, James is currently England’s first-choice spinner in fifty-over cricket while at county level, his all-round skills are as important as ever. His guile and trickery makes him a dangerous proposition in the shorter form of the game and he will be looking to replicate his form of 2009 when the off-spinner claimed 69 championship wickets – prompting his call-up to the England Test side.